Mike D. to Technology@beehaw.org • 1 year agoReddit is crashing because of the growing subreddit blackoutwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up133file-textcross-posted to: wolnyinternet@szmer.infoRedditMigration@kbin.socialsnoocalypse@lemmy.mlreddit@lemmy.mltechnews@radiation.partytechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up133external-linkReddit is crashing because of the growing subreddit blackoutwww.theverge.comMike D. to Technology@beehaw.org • 1 year agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: wolnyinternet@szmer.infoRedditMigration@kbin.socialsnoocalypse@lemmy.mlreddit@lemmy.mltechnews@radiation.partytechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnews@radiation.party
On the first day of a sitewide protest at Reddit’s planned API changes, the website has been going through an outage.
minus-squareDeedasmilinkfedilink1•1 year ago“Because” is a pretty strong word. I’d be surprised if it was related at all.
minus-square@brain_in_a_jar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoI dunno, private subreddits probably can’t be cached the same as public ones, they probably need to authenticate every request… I’m sure Reddit never thought to optimise for having so many subs go private 😝
“Because” is a pretty strong word. I’d be surprised if it was related at all.
I dunno, private subreddits probably can’t be cached the same as public ones, they probably need to authenticate every request… I’m sure Reddit never thought to optimise for having so many subs go private 😝